A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.
He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
for an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
But let all those who take refuge in you rejoice, Let them always shout for joy, because you defend them. Let them also who love your name be joyful in you.
the LORD examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
For the LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
I love you, the LORD, my strength.
the LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
Oh love the LORD, all you his saints! the LORD preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the LORD.
Who is someone who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good?
For the LORD loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let the LORD be exalted!"
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah.
You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
So that your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein. For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!"
But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
How lovely are your dwellings, the LORD of Armies!
the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
I indeed declare, "Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them."
"Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
You who love the LORD, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross. Therefore I love your testimonies.
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, the LORD, according to your loving kindness.
I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.
Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
the LORD preserves all those who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.
the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. the LORD raises up those who are bowed down. the LORD loves the righteous.
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;
But I have this against you, that you left your first love.
"I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.
Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.
They went up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints, and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them.
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."
Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Don't destroy with your food him for whom Christ died.
Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
Greet Amplias, my beloved in the Lord.
Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved.
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.
He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him."
The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Beloved
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.
Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover
I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs. Beloved
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Lover
As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. Beloved
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.
My beloved spoke, and said to me, "Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away." Lover
My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved
My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, its midst being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved
Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits. Lover
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved
My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Friends
Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!
I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved
Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.
Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.
The mandrakes give forth fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD.
Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends
If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved
My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover
You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved
Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
but given to hospitality, a lover of good, sober minded, fair, holy, self-controlled;
that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:
that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says the LORD.
Thus says the LORD of Armies: "The fasts of the fourth fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace."
the LORD, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
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